Patents by Inventor Eric A. Lang

Eric A. Lang has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20250127311
    Abstract: A bassinet assembly and system including locking assemblies (e.g., locking components and/or portions) that may lock a bassinet to a child support structure such as a sleep structure (e.g., playard, pack-n-play, etc.), stroller, or the like are provided. The bassinet may include a spring-loaded lock or a clasping assembly to removably connect the bassinet to a child support structure such as a playard. The bassinet may include various base supports and the locking component may be positioned on the base support. The bassinet may additionally or alternatively be collapsible and expandable for attachment to a stroller. The collapsible bassinet may include side supports to maintain the bassinet in an expanded state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 9, 2024
    Publication date: April 24, 2025
    Inventors: Eric A. Lange, Ellen Brown, Connor Heyburn, Darren Zhen Kit Tan, Phillip Michael LaPlante, Andrew Q. Liu, Parrish Andrew Staley, Shahnaz Selena Kasam, Jordi Dorca Pujol, Mitren Thakor
  • Patent number: 10952544
    Abstract: A child support system for infants or small children. The child support system includes a child containment device and at least one child support unit detachably mounted to the child containment device. The child containment device includes a frame, liner and, optionally, a raised bassinet mattress. The at least one child support unit may take the form of a bassinet, sleeper, seat, and/or a changing table. The child containment device frame can be collapsible for storage and transport. The child support unit can be configured for use in different modes, in combination with, and/or independent of the child containment device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2021
    Assignee: KIDS2, INC.
    Inventors: Jacob Sclare, Chaitanya Tadipatri, Eric A. Lange, John Matthew Thomson
  • Patent number: 10463170
    Abstract: A collapsible play yard including a structural support frame, a liner attached to the frame and one or more folding systems. The structural support frame includes an upper frame and a plurality of leg members. The proximal end of each leg member attaches to the upper frame member which is the single point of contact between the leg member and the remainder of the frame. The collapsible play yard can include a first folding system to shorten the width of the play yard and a second folding system to shorten the height of the play yard. Each folding system can be folded and unfolded independent of the other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2019
    Assignee: KIDS II, INC.
    Inventors: Eric A. Lange, Chaitanya Tadipatri, Thomas M. Perrin
  • Patent number: 9725937
    Abstract: A hinge mechanism and mattress for use with a child containment device. A first mattress panel is pivotally coupled to a second mattress panel by a hinge mechanism, and is thereby convertible between an expanded configuration and a collapsed configuration. The hinge mechanism defines a limit point beyond which pivotal motion is prevented in at least one direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2017
    Assignee: KIDS II, INC.
    Inventors: Eric A. Lange, Sean Zou, Simon Liao
  • Patent number: 9693639
    Abstract: A child-supporting device including a child-seat assembly mounted to and supported by a rocker frame assembly. The seat assembly includes a backrest, a footrest, or both, pivotably adjustable between reclined and inclined positions. A recline adjustment mechanism is operable to selectively lock the seat in the reclined or inclined position for use, then release the seat for pivotal adjustment to the other position. In some embodiments, a linkage interconnects the backrest and the footrest so that pivoting one of them synchronously pivots the other one. And in some embodiments, the footrest is detachable and a quick connect/disconnect mechanism is provided that permits operation of the recline adjustment mechanism when the footrest is attached.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2017
    Assignee: KIDS II, INC.
    Inventors: Daniel Corso, Eric A. Lange
  • Publication number: 20110093056
    Abstract: Metallic stents are treated with a gaseous species in a plasma state under conditions causing the species to polymerize and to be deposited in polymerized form on the metallic stent surface prior to the application of a drug-polymer mixture, which is done by conventional non-plasma deposition methods. The drug-polymer mixture once applied forms a coating on the stent surface that releases the drug in a time-release manner and gradually erodes, leaving only the underlying plasma-deposited polymer. In certain cases, the plasma-deposited polymer itself erodes or dissolves into the physiological medium over an extended period of time, leaving only the metallic stent. While the various polymers and drug remain on the stent, the plasma-deposited polymer enhances the adhesion of the drug-polymer anchor coating and maintains the coating intact upon exposure to the mechanical stresses encountered during stent deployment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2010
    Publication date: April 21, 2011
    Applicant: Xtent, Inc.
    Inventors: Stephen L. Kaplan, Patrick H. Ruane, Eric A. Lang, Torsten Kimura